MAYHEM

Release Year: 2017
Artist Origin: NOR
Style: grim savage chaotic black metal

the official, studio environment-captured start of this plain uncompromising and ultimately kult entity from Norway dates back to March 1987, when it was recorded at Creative Studios of tiny yet highly important Kolbotn town: initially pressed on vinyl only, a provoking, ferocious and contradictory recording with lunatic approach and raw low fidelity sound quality, akin to classic Venom era, despite its savage, chaotic and straightforward arrogance, arguably vaulted the entire black metal subgenre, which has massively exploded in early nineties; memorable intro is a borrowed composition by Conrad Schnitzler of Tangerine Dream, plus Venom Witching Hour cover is also included; recent European edition comes with authentic design